Differential diagnosis of patients with intracranial sinus venous thrombosis related isolated intracranial hypertension from those with idiopathic intracranial hypertension

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 215, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 9-12

  Sylaja, P N ^a   Ahsan Moosa, N V ^a   Radhakrishnan, K ^a   Sankara Sarma, P ^a   Pradeep Kumar, S ^a  

^a SREE CHITRA TIRUNAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Cerebral venous thrombosis; Idiopathic intracranial hypertension; Intracranial hypertension; Intracranial sinus venous thrombosis; MR venography; MRI; Pseudotumor cerebri

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL SINUS THROMBOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL SINUS VENOUS THROMBOSIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL;

EID: 0142089826     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(03)00182-5     Document Type: Article

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